Michigan State Football: 5 bold predictions vs. Central Michigan in Week 5

Michigan State football is looking to pick up its second straight win with Central Michigan coming to town. It’s time to be bold ahead of Saturday’s battle.

Central Michigan will be in East Lansing this weekend for an in-state battle of teams looking to gain momentum — though both are in different spots entirely.

Michigan State is coming off a strong road win against Indiana to open Big Ten play while Central Michigan is fresh off its first win of the season over Maine, and it wasn’t exactly a comfortable one — the Chippewas snuck by with a 17-5 victory.

The Spartans are hoping to put together its second straight win, but they mustn’t overlook Central as the Chippewas are hungry for an upset as they’ve had this game circled on their calendars.

Can the Spartans take care of business on Saturday afternoon?

5. Tight ends will have a big impact

It’s about time the tight ends see some involvement in this offense. Brian Lewerke has just been off with this group all season, missing both Matt Sokol and Matt Dotson drastically in the passing game — except for the touchdown to Dotson against Indiana.

Versus Arizona State, Lewerke overthrew a wide open Dotson in the end zone so badly that the ball was tipped and ended up in the hands of the Sun Devils — that’s a throw he wish he had back. He did the same against Indiana, but the ball sailed out of the back of the end zone.

Dotson is going to turn it around and get on the same page with Lewerke against the Chippewas, catching five passes for 60 yards and a touchdown. Sokol, too, will get into the act with a catch or two of his own.

With more tight end involvement, this offense will start to take shape and it’ll take pressure off Lewerke’s shoulders to always look for that hero play.